a tip about shops and dealers

[mercury65]

A friend of mine works at auto zone and had a car under warantiy so she took it to the dealer because the battery was bad. they said they tested the battery and it was good. so taking theier word for it she left but was still having trouble, she took it back this time she watched them test it and they were trying to test the battery with the care running. now working for auto zone she knows how to test a battery thats what auto zone does and they do it for free. so they say to her its testing out fine, she says what you never turned the car off, you have to turn the car off to check the battery. then they say well it still good untill you put a load on it. she says omg and what do you think happens when you try to start it, you put a load on it.

 

the moral to this story is just because they told you that things checked out dont mean shit! and just becaus they are a shop or dealer dont mean shit!

 

I never take my bikes to a shop and almost never take one of my cars and i have A 2000 lighting,99 f250 power stroke. 03 mustang. and more, but when i have, like for a recall do you think i just drop my truck off and left, hell no i want to know who is going to work on it and i want to talk to them. and if i dont have a lajit question i will make one up just so i know that the person that is working on my baby is not some stupid f@#%.

[shee4speed]

I agree :thumbsup: Fortunately my neighbor is a service writer at Sanderson ford and he takes care of me if i need it. Good point though,there are good dealers and bad ones for sure.

[jamebo]

Yeah I took my Shee to a local dealer one time to have them install some jets and pipes and told them to just use the heater-hose off of the stock pipes because I didn't have clamps yet. When I went to pick up the bike there was nothing on them so I asked why they didn't put the hoses on, and he told me "it doesn't need them because the mechanic had to tap on them with a rubber mallet to get the pipes to go together, so they are too tight to leak". I ended up taking them back apart and doing it myself, at home because they leaked.

 

Since then I have been doing all the basic wrenching on it myself, with alot of help from this site, and I'll trust a builder to do the internal engine mods.

 

I won't be taking it back to that dealership though.....

[Paddleboy]

yea i went to wal-mart with my mom awhile back cuz her battery was going bad. they tested it running and a running car should have around 13 1/3 to 14 1/2 volts and the print out of the tester said 14 and she tried telling me it was bad.. i was like bullshit i am certified mech for auto repair. they just wanted her to buy a battery. turns out her terminals were not grounded good. they all try screwing you now matter what.

[flotek]

sad to say there are very few shops or dealers who can actually jet /tune and modify a banshee the correct way ..I have found they are far more interested in trying to sell yo u parts or machines you dont need